Manager, Clinical Operations, Orthopaedics & Trauma

Vancouver Coastal Health • Vancouver, BC

11d • CA$61 - CA$87 • Hybrid

About The Position

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is seeking a Manager, Clinical Operations to join the Orthopaedics & Trauma inpatient unit and Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses (WOCN) team. This role will support and lead all operational needs for the Ortho/Trauma inpatient team (48 beds) and the WOCN team, comprising approximately 80 staff. The position involves providing clinical and operational leadership to a frontline clinical patient care department or health program, supervising Nurses at Level 4 or 5 classification/wage rate. Responsibilities include delivering services through multidisciplinary teams in acute and/or community settings, leading operations management, planning, implementation, and evaluation of services related to utilization, risk management, and quality improvement. The role is critical in addressing client and family needs, ensuring smooth transitions from acute care to community services, and leading inter-disciplinary teams in collaboration with stakeholders to achieve excellence in client and family-centred care, education, and research within a complex multi-site environment. This work is framed within VCH’s commitments to Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Planetary Health.

Requirements

• Baccalaureate (Masters preferred) in a relevant clinical professional area with seven (7) to ten (10) year's recent, related clinical and progressive leadership experience, including direct supervisory experience.
• Current registration/membership with a recognized professional association.
• Basic computer literacy with word processing, spreadsheet and/or database programs and ability to utilize a computerized patient care information system required.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop, manage and evaluate clinical programs considering client needs, service delivery interrelationships and service potential within a complex environment.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external partners to promote and enhance services provided with sensitivity to diversity and indigenous lens.
• Practices the recognition, inclusion and support of all types and aspects of diversity at all stages of engagement, with an understanding of the issues faced by people from equity-deserving groups.
• Demonstrated ability to understand available resources for program/department and keeps quality in the forefront of all resource utilization decisions; provides feedback and detailed analysis on budget variances, and makes recommendations for corrective action.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate, collaborate and negotiate for effective resolution of human resource issues.
• Demonstrated ability to foster collaborative working relationships to support the professional practice and ongoing development of staff.
• Demonstrated ability to promote development of clinical research opportunities to ensure evidence-based practice within an interdisciplinary team-based environment.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to a frontline clinical patient care department or health program that directly supervises, at a minimum, Nurses at the Level 4 or 5 classification/wage rate.
• Be responsible for delivering services through multidisciplinary teams in an acute and/or community-based setting.
• Provide leadership and direction for operations management, planning, implementation and evaluation of services and activities related to utilization and risk management, and quality improvement of the clinical program/department.
• Play a critical role addressing the ongoing issues/needs of clients and their families and to ensure a smooth transition from the acute care environment to appropriate community health services.
• Lead an inter-disciplinary team, works as a team player with colleagues and co-workers and in collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders to achieve excellence in client and family centred care, education and research within a complex multi-site environment that extends to the community.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager